Reverend Know-it-all

A Catholic priest responds to queries on faith, the Bible, religion, Catholic practice, etc. posed by readers. What he doesn't know, he makes up.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Finally, we get to the Jesuits!

Letter to B. Racrasy, continued. "Jesuits! When will you get to the Jesuits?" First let us review. First you have the diocesan hie...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Monks and nuns...

Letter to B. Racrasy, continued Well, what about things like Franciscans and nuns and third order Carmelites? Also simple. These groups are...

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Titles in the Church (part 3)

( Letter to B. Racrasy, continued) Well then, what are auxiliary bishops? Just what the name implies: They help the ordinary bishop in lar...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Titles in the Church (part 2)

(Letter to B. Racrasy on Titles in the Church - continued) Dear “B”, As I was telling you last week, the hierarchy has a different meaning...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

What's with all the titles in the Church?

Dear Rev. Know it all, I get very confused by all the titles and names used by Catholics. What is the difference between Cardinals and bisho...

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Did Mary have other children?

Dear Rev. Know it all, A question came up at Bible Study last night. One of the group insisted that the Bible says Mary had other children t...

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Who wrote the Bible?

Dear Rev. Know it all, Who wrote the Bible? Sincerely, Solomon “Sol” A. Scriptura Dear Sol, First, the simple answer. A lot of ...

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Rev. Know-it-all: Rev. Know-it-all is the alter ego of Fr. Richard Simon, Pastor of St. Lambert Parish, Skokie, IL. Now a regular host of Relevant Radio's "Fr. Simon Says", Fr. Simon spent over 20 years "...teaching dead languages to comatose seminarians." Credits: The Reverend Know-It-All is a parody of Mr. Know-It-All, the alter ego of Bullwinkle J. Moose, a carton character created by Jay Ward (1920-1989).

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